Waffle iron



Aug. 22, 1939.

.J. T. MlslAK Er AL WAFFLE IRON Filed Nov. 5, 1937 est-ms www@ its Paten-ted ug. 22, 1939 Y UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE WAFFLE IRON Joseph T. Misiak and Wesley D. Mitchell,

, v Chicago, Ill. v

Application November 5, 1937, Serial No. 172,933 f 8 Claims. Cl. 21S-19) 'I terfarid 'thetwo'vcooked properly simultaneously .'andinthe.sam'efperiod of time.A

ltfisd fsirabley that when chopped meat consti- Rance;l

inasmuch as'they present waffle-moldr 'A -`may lbeso employed with a .layer or'gfiller of unl'5` cooked comminuted meat, the cooked .product f An object o f the invention is to provide a device .of theeharacten describedwhich is simple in `structure, ywhich is economical in the cost of production, lwhich operates efficiently, and which.

.produces Aan edible product pleasing in taste and attractive in appearance.

v"A, further aimof-the invention isto supply vanapparatus of the vtype referred to in which all v .y edible elenlientsJ heatedy therein are adequately and correctly Acooked and-all flavors retained even though suchelements differ substantially in various respects. i j

30. Anadded purpose of the invention is to make available an improved waflie-iron which will cook --a waffle having a meat layer` embedded therein and 'not reachingto the edges of the wale so that the meat is',completely sealed therein.l In order that the above-statedand other objects inay be attained and inI order that those skilled inthis art may fully understand the invention, a present preferred embodiment of the sameghas been 'illustrated in the accompanying 40 drawing forming a part ofv this specication and to whichreference lshould be made in connection with the following detailed. description, and for simplicitythe main view of the'waflle-iron has been shown infperspective in open condition'and another figure rof the drawing illustrates the finished waflle in cross-section.

In this drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the new wafe-iron inopen relation to present its internal appearance;

tfs schwaile'filling, its juices shall be retained v Y 10 therein' to.y preserve the flavor of the cooked meat z and this condition; is met vin using the new appli-V i As is clearly depicted in the drawing, the waflie-iron comprises upper and lower mold-sectic'ms l and 2, respectively, hinged together at the rear, as is `common in appliances of this kind, so that lthe mold may be opened and closed with ease and 5 facility for the introduction of the uncooked ingredients of the W'aie and for the removal of the cooked waffle. t

As is usual and customary in waflle-molds, each of the separable upper and lower parts has a plul0 rality, of inwardly-extended projections whichrare disposed, in the closed condition of the waffle-iron, in register with those of the other or companion part of the mold.

In the present instance, each such waiile-mold 15 section has a border or outsiderow of such in- `wardly-disposed protuberances or' humps 4 around the entire mold part, and inwardly beyond such marginal row of projections, each mold-member has arelatively-large number Aolf 20 .smaller spurs 3 arranged in longitudinal and transverse rows, each such diminished stud or boss 3 being not only smaller in cross-section .than the border projections 4, but also shorter than the latter to provide space in the closed mold 25 between. them for the reception of the layer of chopped meat.

As is shown, in any unit area there are more of the projections or bosses 3 than there are of the parts 4 in a corresponding area. 30

Studs 3 in eachmold-porticn provide a greater heating surface and a greater body oi metal than would be present were the corresponding area equipped with projections like those around the border. 86

To cook the combined or associated meatpattie and its encasing wale-batter requires more heat than' that needed to properly cook the parts of the wafile unsupplied with such lling.

Accordingly, each of the mold-sections I and 2 40 is supplied in the usual way with a suitable electric-resistance heating-element l bent or shaped to supply the meat-charged part of the batter in the mold with more heat per unit of area than that imposed on the remainder of the batter; 45 that is to say, the heating is unequal being greater for the central part of the mold than around its border.

In other words, the number and sizes of. the inwardly-directed studs is directly related to the 50 manner of coiling or bending the ,heating-meinber 1 to fully cook all parts of the waiile during the same period of time.

In use, a portion of the batter for a. wallieA is introduced into the lower section of the novel waiiie-iron, whereupon the layer of chopped meat is laid on vtop of the shorter projections or studs 3 in such lower mold-part, and then the remainder of the batter is poured in. I

'I'he top section of the mold is then swung down into position on the lower section and the contents of the rnold are allowed to cook under the different degrees of heat imposed until all parts of the iilled wallie are correctly and prop.

erly cooked, the completed waiiie being then removed and comprising a waiile proper 6 and its encased meat-filler 5.

Those acquainted with this art will readily understand that the instant invention,as defined by the appended claims, which should be interpreted as generically as the state oi' the prior art will permit, is susceptible of various embodiments and that the structure herein set forth is subject to change and modication without departure from the heart and essence of the invention and without the loss or sacrifice of any of its substanq tial benets and advantages.

1. A wallie-iron having separable mold-plates with spaced inwardly-extended projections, the more marginal ones oi said projections of one of said plates being longer and larger than its more central projections, whereby the latter provide a space for a waiiie lling-material, and an electric-heater associated with each of said moldplates to heat the same, said heater of said one plate being arranged to provide its projections forming said filling material space with more heat and at a higher temperature per unit of adjacent foodfmass than it provides to the remainder of its said projections, whereby all portions of the waiiie may be properly cooked in the same time period.

2. A waiiie-iron having separable mold-plates with spaced inwardly-extended projections, the more marginal ones of said projections of each of said plates being longer and larger than their more central projections, whereby the latter pr'ovide a space for a watlie filling-material, and an electric-heater associated with each of said moldplates to heat the same, each said heater being arranged to provide 'the projections forming its lling-material space with more heat and at a higher temperature per unit of adjacent food mass than it providesto the remainder of its projections, whereby all portions of the waiiie may be properly cooked in the same time period.

3. A waiile-iron having separable mold-plates with spaced inwardly-extended projections, the more marginal ones of said projections of one of said plates being longer than its more central projections, whereby the latter provide a space for a waiiie filling-material, said more central projections dening said iilling space being more numerous per unit area of adjacent food mass than the remaining projections, and an electricheater associated with each of said mold-plates to heat the same, said heater of said one plate being arranged to provide its projections forming said filling-material space with more heat and at a higher temperature per unit of adjacent foodxnass than it provides to the remainder of its said projections, whereby all portions 0i the weide may be properly cooked in the same time period.

4. A waiiie-iron having separable mold-plates with spaced inwardly-extended projections, the

awaits more marginal ones of said projections of each of said plates being longer than their more central projections, whereby the latter provide a space for a waie filling-material, said more central projections .of each plate dening said filling space being more numerous per unit area o1' adjacent food rnass than the remaining projections, and an electric-heater associated with Vof said plates being longer than its more central projections, whereby the latter provide a space for a waiile filling-material, said more central projections dening said lling-space comprising a greater body of metal per unit area of adjacent food mass than'that of the corresponding area of the other projections. and an electric-heater associated with each of said mold-plates to heat the same, said heater for said one plate being arranged to provide its projections forming said lling-material space with more heat and at a. higher temperature per. unit of adjacent food mass than it provides to the remainder of its said projections, whereby all portions of the waliie may be properly' cooked in the same time period.

6. A wallie-iron having separabler'mold-plates with spaced inwardly-extended projections, the more marginal ones of said projections of each of said plates being longer than their more central projections, whereby the latter provide a space for a waiiie lining-material, said more central projections defining said filling-space com,- prising a greater body of metal per unit area of adjacent food mass than that of the corresponding area of the other projections, and an electricheater associated with each of said mold-plates to heat the same, each said heater being arranged to provide its projections forming said filling-material space with more heat and ata higher temperature per unit of adjacent food mass than it provides to the remainder of said projections, whereby all portions of the wallie may be properly cooked in the same time period.

7. The waiiie-iron set forth in claim l in which said projections denning said filling-space are more numerous per unit area of adjacent food mass than the remaining projections and in which said projections dening said lling-space comprise a greater body of metal per unit area of adjacent food mass' than that of the corresponding area of the other projections.

8. 'I'he wame-iron set forth in claim 2 in which said projections denning said lling-space are more numerous per unit area of adjacent food mass than the remaining projections, and in whichl said projections defining said filling-space comprise a greater body of metal per unit area of adjacent food mass than that of the corresponding area of the other projections.

JOSEPH T. MISIAK. WESLEY D. MITCHELL. 

